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Have you been curious how a embroidery machine like the Baby Lock Solaris or even the new Brother machine we carry and a personal cutting machine like the Brother ScanNCut can help you create beautiful embroidery projects in no time at all? Well, we have the event for you! Coming in February, all of our Discount Fabric Warehouse stores will be hosting Embroidery Made Easy with Jessie! Join us and learn how to create amazing projects!

You’ll be learning all about the Brother ScanNCut and make a cute little cupcake mug rug! There may be other projects as well to show you other features of this amazing machine. Refreshments and all materials are included in the event price! You just bring yourself!

Kona – February 04, 2019

Maui – February 07, 2019

Hilo – February 08, 2019

Kauai – February 09 & 10, 2019 (two dates to choose from!)

Time is 10:30AM – 2:30PM

Cost: $29.99

This is a great chance to not only check out the Brother ScanNCut and all it can do, but to also give a top of the line embroidery machine a try! You’ll be surprised at how far your creativity can reach with the right tools!

Space is definitely limited and this is an event that you’re not going to want to miss! To register, please contact the store you’d like to attend the event at either in person or over the phone.

It’s that time of year again! Our Holiday mailer is making its way to your mailbox! (Have you gotten it yet?)

We’re still working on getting the Crafter’s Corner project uploaded for you (Although you can visit our Crafter’s Corner page to view a fun video on the new Brother ScanNCut SDX225), but if you haven’t seen the mailer yet, you can find it here on this page.

Make sure you come on in early to get the best selection!

Click on the image below to be taken to the larger PDF file.

If you do not receive your mailer by Friday, December 07, 2018, and you’re sure we have your mailing address on file, or if you need to change your mailing address for any reason (but please make sure to also have it changed in-store), please e-mail us at fabricdfw@gotfabric.com with the following information:

Name

Current Mailing Address

Previous Mailing Address (if applicable)

We will try to verify your mailing address (or change it) prior to the next mailer. Unfortunately, you will not be receiving this current mailer in the mail, but we will try to correct it before the next one.

Were you unable to make it to the warehouse sale? Did you get home and realize that maybe you should have bought more? Maybe you weren’t up for waiting in the sometimes crazy lines to get your fabric cut.

Well, here’s your chance to get into the warehouse for one more sale! Bill has decided to open the doors one more time to try to get rid of all of the treasures that we still have left! We’re still a bit more overstocked than he’d like.

On Saturday, October 27, 2018, from 9:30AM – 5:30PM, we’ll be opening the doors to our “District” Warehouse, normally closed to the public, for our Huge One-Day Bulk Sale! This isn’t happening at every store. This is only happening at the warehouse across the parking lot from the Hilo Discount Fabric Warehouse store!

We’ve moved some things around, made it easier for you to get to some of the fabrics, added additional samples for fabrics on larger rolls on the shelves, and more!

You’ll still find 50% off savings throughout most of the warehouse on things like muslin, canvas, home decor – including tropical prints- , cotton prints, rayon, ITY, polyester, cotton lawn, eyelet, pre-quilted, rice bag print, fleece, and fashion. There are also batiks, large rolls of curtain and drapery fabric, fish net (great for bags, cover ups and more) in lots of colors and styles, and licensed prints (Pokemon anyone?). And you’ll still have to buy a minimum of 5 yards cut (unless it’s noted that it’s only being sold by the roll or the bolt). The lines are a bit long at times, but we appreciate your patience. Bring a friend (or your kid) and have them wait in line while you keep browsing. Or take another stroll around the warehouse – the line may be shorter by the time you get back to the front. We try our best to keep up with all of you!

Our $1/yd table is amazing! You’ll find all sorts of things on there – including the fantastic white felt that flew off the table last weekend (we’ve uncovered more and it’ll be available on the 27th!). There are lots of solids, prints, many heavier weights, 44″- 60″ and some fashion goods – these all will be on bolts, rolls, and and flat folds, and normally would sell for 3.99 to $10.99 yd! (We’ve added more to the tables! There are 100’s to choose from!)

And, there’s also some new savings that we’re excited to tell you about! Here are just some of the new finds that you’ll see:

54″ tropical home dec – prints and solids! These are seconds and are being sold as-is, but still completely usable and awesome!

Plus patterns for only $0.50 and fur coats for $5! There will be additional selections of notions available as well as more dish towels!

Not looking for 5 yards or more? Well, take a look anyway. Throughout the warehouse you’ll find bolts and rolls that are under 5 yards for the same amazing sale prices!

If you have any questions about our warehouse sale, please e-mail fabricdfw@gotfabric.com. No, we can’t tell you exactly what will be on sale, nor can we tell you whether or not there will be a specific fabric on sale, but we can give you general information if you need it.

On Saturday, October 13, 2018, from 9AM – 6PM, we’ll be opening the doors to our “District” Warehouse, normally closed to the public, for our Huge One-Day Bulk Sale!

This isn’t happening at every store. This is only happening at the warehouse across the parking lot from the Hilo Discount Fabric Warehouse store!

For the past several years, we’ve done this sale, with many of you taking the time to come by and check out what we have. Folks save up all year to come and “splurge” on fabrics and notions, along with other “treasures” such as toys, and other fun things that have popped up over the years, and take advantage of the 50% or more savings.

Check out this letter from our fearless leader (store owner), Bill:

Aloha My Sewing Friends!

This year’s Annual BULK Warehouse Sale promises to be the BEST one we have had in a long time! But before I give you some of the details of this ONE DAY event, I want to mention that this sale, as great as it is, is not for everyone. For starters, it is a bulk sale, the min. we will cut is 5 yards. If you find a bolt, roll or flat fold with less than 5 yards, of course you can purchase that smaller amount, but if we cut it, it’s a 5 yard minimum with some fabrics being sold by the entire bolt or roll. This sale is held in our big warehouse normally closed to the public and is not the time to shop if you require a lot of assistance. Staff will be there to help you get your fabric to the register, but no one will be available to help you match thread colors, etc. Not the general great service that you would expect from our store on a daily basis – this is a warehouse sale. Although there will be items offered not found in the store, not everything that is in the store is in the warehouse.

Now that that’s out of the way, I am super EXCITED to tell you what is different about this year’s sale! For starters there is a huge group of fabric priced at $1 a yd! Lots of solids, prints, many heavier weights, 44″- 60″ and some fashion goods – these all will be on bolts, rolls, and and flat folds, and normally would sell for 3.99 to $10.99 yd! (we’re not done pulling fabrics for the sale yet, but there will be 100’s to choose from!)

Notion Commotion! Lots of fun and exciting notions all priced to disappear! Who knows what you’ll find?

50% off on bulk purchases (min 5 yd cut) of muslin, canvas, home decor, cotton prints, rayon, ITY, polyester, cotton lawn, eyelet, pre-quilted, rice bag print, fleece, fashion, and home decorfabrics – including tropical prints. It’s like many of you have come to expect in past years, but this year’s selection is better! We have lots of great new items including batiks, home décor including large rolls of curtain and drapery fabric, fish net (great for bags, cover ups and more) in lots of colors and styles.

Bulk notions are back with bags of buttons, bulk zippers at 5/$1, bulk lace trim and more! Lots of new surprise treasures! All price to clear fast!

I hope you will come by on Saturday, October 13th and help us clear our warehouse. I’m letting so much go, so low, lower than past sales, that hopefully we will sell the warehouse inventory down to where we won’t be able to have this sale this next year! Be part of one Last Great Crazy One Day Only Bulk Warehouse Sale!

-Bill

P.S. Bring your “big”car, van, SUV, or truck you might need the room! See you then!

If you have any questions about our warehouse sale, please e-mail fabricdfw@gotfabric.com. No, we can’t tell you exactly what will be on sale, nor can we tell you whether or not there will be a specific fabric on sale, but we can give you general information if you need it.

We’re happy to announce our 2018 Halloween Costume Contest! We can’t wait to see what you come up with this year!

Whether you’ve entered our contest before, or this is the first time you’re planning on entering, please make sure to read all of our rules and guidelines as they have been updated from previous years.

How To Enter

The entry period has closed. Please join us again next year!

The Prizes

There will be three places for each category:

1st place will receive a Discount Fabric Warehouse gift certificate valued at $100

2nd place will receive a Discount Fabric Warehouse gift certificate valued at $50

3rd place will receive a Discount Fabric Warehouse gift certificate valued at $25

Gift certificates are only valid in our 4 Discount Fabric Warehouse locations and are not usable on Got Fabric, our online fabric store.

For more information, please visit our Terms and Conditions page. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at fabricdfw@gotfabric.com with the subject “Halloween Costume Contest.”

For many folks, their pet is their best friend, their constant companion, and their source of comfort and support. They’re often treated like family members, with a comfy bed to sleep in and lots of love. But what about those furry friends who have not found their forever homes yet?

During the month of August, we’re going to be switching things up just a bit and moving from helping humans to helping animals. Please join us for the Dog Daze of Summer and help us sew pet beds for animals waiting to find their forever homes.

We’ll be having in-store sewing events where we provide all of the materials and all you do is come in and help us put their together! Each of our stores will be working on a slightly different variation of the basic pet bed and we’re hoping to get those projects on our website for you soon.

But in the meantime, please mark your calendars so you’ll remember to join us for one of our in-store events. Although each of these workshops is free and we provide all of the materials, please let your DFW store know that you will be attending ahead of time.

Hilo

Wednesday, September 05, 2018 at 10AM

The Hilo store will be donating their completed pet beds to Aloha ‘Ilio Rescue and the Rainbow Friends Animal Sanctuary. Both of these organizations strive to find animals that do not have homes or are being displaced from their homes for any reason caring and responsible forever homes. They are non-profit organizations and need all of the help they can get. To learn more about these organizations, please visit their respective websites.

We will also be collecting completed pet beds for donation at each of our stores. Here’s just an idea of the sizes of beds that would be appropriate for various sizes of animals:

Project Ideas and Inspiration

Here is our collection of various pet bed project tutorials, videos, and inspiration photos. If you have a particular project that you like to create, and you wouldn’t mind sharing the instructions with others, please send us an e-mail at fabricdfw@gotfabric.com. We’ll also be putting up projects and photos in a special Dog Daze of Summer album on our Facebook page. Click on any of the images to enlarge.

Embroidery Enthusiasts and Machine Quilting Fiends, we have a class for you! Join us this August for the popular DIME Design Workshop!

Inspiration Consultant Tina Bartelmay will be coming to Hawaii to lead this fun and informative event!

Quilting with your embroidery machine is one of today’s most sought-after embroidery skills. Half of this 5-hour class includes hands-on stitching and quilting activities. This includes lecture demonstration with hands-on quilting and embroidery segments!

The best part of this class is that all students will stitch a Make and Take Project – a quilt block with a 3-D applique!

Topics covered:

Design an entire quilt top using state-of-the-art fabric design software

There are two dates scheduled for each store. However, you’re not limited to only attending the workshop closest to you. Feel free to join any of the workshops if you’ll be on vacation, maybe in the area, or just want to take a trip to another part of the state.

Click on the store location to be take to their registration site for more information or to sign up!

23 years ago, we opened our first Discount Fabric Warehouse store! We can’t believe 23 years has gone by so fast! And over the years, we’ve met so many different people, made so many friends, and (we hope) have made a positive impact on the Hawaii sewing community.

We’d like to invite you to join us in celebrating our 23rd anniversary!

Check Out Our Sales and Specials

We will be having sales and specials throughout the two weeks of our anniversary celebration. You can find all of these sales in-store or in your local newspaper.

Come Party With Us!

The Details

The main event of our anniversary celebration is always our VIC Members-Only anniversary party. This year, we’ll be having it on Friday, June 22, 2018 from 4PM – 8PM. (Our stores will all be closing at 3PM so we can get the store party-ready. No one will be allowed in until we reopen at 4PM, so please plan accordingly.)

Audience Participation (Plus Our Theme!)

One of the best things about our anniversary celebrations is that they’re themed! Last year, for our 22nd anniversary, we had a tutu (2-2 or two-two) theme. We encourage all of our customers to dress up and get in the spirit of things!

This year, our theme is 23 and Us. Why? Because human beings (typically) have 23 pairs of chromosomes in their cells. These chromosomes are made of DNA and our DNA can tell a lot about us – including ancestry. Hawaii is a melting pot of cultures and ethnic backgrounds. And the different combinations of these backgrounds are what makes each and every one of our customers special.

So this year we’re celebrating cultures, thus our theme – 23 and Us: Celebrating Sewing Around the World. We encourage you to dress in an outfit that represents an ethnicity that you’d like to honor. We ask that you keep all costumes respectful and reserve the right to ask anyone who may be dressed in an offensive way to please leave the party. Please keep in mind that there is a very good chance that someone at the party may be of the ethnic background you are representing. If you have any questions or concerns regarding an outfit or would like more clarification on what may constitute as offensive or inappropriate, please contact us at fabricdfw@gotfabric.com prior to the party.

The Return of the Photo Booth (And Prize Drawing)

As we have in previous years, we will be having a photo booth at each of our stores. Please stop by, have your picture taken, and, if you are not a frequent customer of ours, make sure that we have your name and e-mail address so that you can be entered into our anniversary drawing for one of 23 amazing prizes (including, but not limited to, a $100 gift card, a Baby Lock steamer, or a Baby Lock dress form)! You can also take your own photo in our photo booth and upload it to Facebook or Instagram. To be entered in the drawing, you must tag us and use the hashtag #dfw23andus. Photos must be taken at the anniversary party to be entered. More information can be obtained at the party.

Passport of Savings & Refreshments

All customers who attend the party will receive a special one-night only Passport of Savings. This outlines all of the sales and specials we will have during the party. (Please note that these specials are exclusive from the specials we will be having in the newspapers and cannot be combined with any other offer.) These specials may or may not be similar to those we have had in previous years (although I can tell you that we have changed quite a bit – and no, thread will not be on major sale that night). You’ll have to come in to find out what they are.

There will also be light refreshments (while supplies last) at each party.

Want more info? Need more info? This page will be updated as the week goes on. To be the first to see all of sneak peeks and to get the most recent information, sign up for our E-Blast newsletter (if you haven’t already) through the link at the top of the site.

General questions about the party can be sent to fabricdfw@gotfabric.com. We will not answer questions about what will be on sale or what the additional prizes for the drawing will be.

Invite a friend, invite ten friends! The more the merrier! But if they are not VIC members, to take advantage of any of the specials and sales, they will need to sign up for the free membership.

When children are entering foster care or are transitioning from one home to another, they are usually given a trash bag to put their belongings in. According to the Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of East Hawaii, children are taken from their homes and placed into foster care for their immediate safety, at no fault of their own, and often remain in care until they become adults. They frequently change foster homes, and when moving, take none of their belongings, or the little that they have is placed into trash bags. Already experiencing sadness, trauma, and anxiety, children relate themselves to trash, like their belongings that are so frequently thrown into trash bags. Jade, a former foster youth, shared that it was hurtful and “it made me feel like I was the trash being carried around”. Kekoa, another former foster youth, agreed with Jade, and supports the idea of every foster child having their own duffel bag. Kekoa stated ”it’s the little things that make the biggest difference”.

Not only are these duffle bags practical, but they also convey the message that the child is valued. We plan on including a label in each of the bags with a message of hope and inspiration from former foster kids to the bag recipient.

While our Bags of Hope project has ended, we are looking to continue spreading the Aloha at our Hilo store by creating an Aloha Care Bag Ohana. This would be a group of talented sewist who would love to share their sills to become part of an ongoing group to make duffle bags, comfort pillows (travel pillows) and luggage tags to create Aloha Care Bags for foster children in East Hawaii.

Bags can be made both at home and/or in our sewing room with other members of our Aloha Care Bag Ohana.
All levels of sewing skills welcome – as long as you can sew a straight stitch and stuff a pillow, we need you!
Learn a new skill and help a foster child! You might even find a new passion in sewing duffel bags!
So what can you expect at these Aloha Care Bag Ohana meetings? We provide all materials for you to use in
your duffel bags (or other large bags) as well as pillows and tags that you’ll also be donating to the project.
We’re also looking at having Guest Bag Experts showing new and different bag designs, so not only will you
get to hone your skills with bags you already know, but you’ll also learn how to create new styles of bags and
add new sewing techniques to you repertoire.

The first meeting of the Aloha Care Bag Ohana has been scheduled for August 18, 2018 at 1PM. Please tell your friends and others who may be interested in coming to see what it’s all about!

You can also e-mail us at fabricdfw@gotfabric.com or give us a call at the Hilo store at (808) 935-1234 for more information. Thank you for helping us draw the line and say that we’re not going to let foster children feel like trash ever again.

Need a duffle bag pattern? Here’s one created by Jessie. You can download it here: Bag of Hope.

During the month of May, Discount Fabric Warehouse has teamed up with Dress A Girl Around the World and various local charities to help dress children in need in our community and around the world.

Dress A Girl Around the World believes that “every girl deserves at least one dress” and strives to distribute new, homemade dresses to girls in need all over the world. Many of these girls live in areas where they may never have a new dress of their own and Dress A Girl has the vision that every girl has at least one new dress. To find out more about Dress A Girl Around the World and see how you can help them directly, please visit our Dress A Girl page here.

Here in the islands, there is a need for basic clothing (simple shorts, tops, and girl’s dresses) for children of all ages. As always, each of the stores will be working with different charities in their communities to distribute donated items to those in need.

The Hilo and Kona stores will be working with the Friends of the Children’s Justice Center and HOPE Services Hawaii. The Friends of the Children’s Justice Center maintains a closet where children who are removed from situations with only the clothes on their backs are able to find new and gently used clothing. HOPE Services Hawaii distributes new and gently used clothing to children in need. Many of the families helped only have what is on their backs or in their cars and starting over.

As Maui and Kauai settle on their charities, we will update you.

Join us throughout the month of May and learn how to make simple children’s clothing using materials provided by us at one of our workshops. Dates and times will be available soon. You can also drop off any new handmade article of children’s clothing (ages 3 – 16) and receive a $5.00 gift certificate (limit one gift certificate per person, offer ends 05/31) and we will make sure your made with love item is donated to the appropriate organization.

Discount Fabric Warehouse – Kauai

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | 10AM – 2PM

Come and learn how to make these simple elastic waist shorts!

Discount Fabric Warehouse Kona

Saturday, May 26, 2018 | 10AM – 1PM

We will be making dresses and tops based on this simple “20 minute” pattern! We will supply fabrics and instructions. You can bring your machine or request to use one of ours. Sergers are suitable except for top-stitching. Please call 326-7474 or come by to register, so that we know how many kits to prepare.

Discount Fabric Warehouse Kona

Thursday, May 31, 2018 | 10AM – 1Pm

Learn how to make shorts for pre-teen boys! We will supply fabrics and instructions. You can bring your machine or request to use one of ours. Sergers are suitable except for top-stitching. Please call 326-7474 or come by to register, so that we know how many kits to prepare.

Discount Fabric Warehouse Kona

Thursday, June 07, 2018 | 10AM – 1PM

We will be having an Open Sew Day for these projects! Come by and work on the projects you just learned how to do!

Discount Fabric Warehouse Hilo

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 | 10AM OR Saturday, May 26, 2018 | 10AM

Please contact the Hilo store to find out what project we’ll be working on!

Fabric donations appropriate for children’s clothing are always appreciated. Do you have an organization that would like to help? Your group could volunteer to sew clothing items using fabric donated by others. This is the perfect opportunity to learn a new skill, sew a type of clothing that you may not have tried before, or to teach your young ones how to sew and help the community.

Need more information? Contact your local Discount Fabric Warehouse store, E-mail us at fabricdfw@gotfabric.com, or keep an eye out for our upcoming E-Blast. We’ll be updating as more information (such as dates and times of our sewing events) are finalized.